Joseph Mansfield
@josephmansfield.uk
I play, make, and share thinky games! 🤔 Sharing great games at @thinkygames.com 🧩 Puzzle playthroughs on https://www.youtube.com/@JoePlaysPuzzleGames https://josephmansfield.uk/ 🏴 Edinburgh
The game is out NOW! Go play it, and please consider giving us a steam review if you like it. It's the best way for the game to get visibility.
Thinky Games@thinkygames.com · 3w agoWe've been very excited for this Type Help remaster, and today is the day! Check out Megan's review of The Incident at Galley House from @eviltrout.com and William Rous 👇
We've been very excited for this Type Help remaster, and today is the day! Check out Megan's review of The Incident at Galley House from @eviltrout.com and William Rous 👇
The Roottrees are Dead team have masterfully brought an acclaimed mystery game to life with The Incident at Galley House · Thinky Games
This Type Help remaster takes what was excellent about the original and transforms it into a fully imagined world. Creepy old manor? Check. Spooky story? Check. Satisfying puzzles? Check. The Incident at Galley House has it all.
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Every once in a while I return to @josephmansfield.uk 's Abdec playthrough series to watch the highlights (Parts 9 and 10 are such feel-good moments for me as the designer 😅) and I feel like this screenshot of the playlist describes Abdec better than any review 🙃
We interviewed two developers from Purple Sloth Studio who worked on Trails for this week's Pride Month feature!
"Find or build communities that empower you!": Teaming up to create meaningful games at Purple Sloth Studio · Thinky Games
For this week's Pride Month feature, we're joined by two members of Purple Sloth Studio, the Berlin-based cooperative behind What's Your Gender?, Chronescher, and Trails.
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🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month Thinky gamers!!🏳️🌈 For the first in a series of interviews with LGBTQ+ video game developers, we talked with Ashe, the game director of Blobun!
"Whatever you do, you gotta be your most authentic self": How Blobun's game development became an act of self-discovery · Thinky Games
In our first interview for Thinky's Pride Month series, we chat with Blobun game director Ashe.
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Season 3 of Thinky Dailies has begun, taking our hero on an adventure to the Solver's mountain outpost! ✍️ Handcrafted puzzles every day 🧩 A journey through many kinds of puzzle 🗓️ Catch up on seasons 1 and 2 any time thinkygames.com/dail...
A very special video (!) episode of the Draknek & Friends Official Podcast is out! We chat to @josephmansfield.uk and @mairispaceship.com to discuss the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2026 and the recently premiered Thinky Direct. Now available wherever you get your podcasts youtu.be/7xR-GP0XOoM
Reveal grayed-out maps and fight bosses in these sudoku games!
Sudokuvania and Sudokoid: uncover a huge metroidvania map and boss fights in the latest of these giant logic puzzles · Thinky Games
There's a new craze in the world of paper logic puzzles: taking after the metroidvania genre of videogames, ambitious creators are making huge, sprawling sudoku puzzles that you slowly uncover and learn new mechanics as you explore.
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Last year, miHoYo copied my puzzle game Ouros in Zenless Zone Zero. Because they are a recognized, billion-dollar studio and my game isn't well known, some people are now assuming that their version is the original, and mine is the clone. I hope this video clears that up.
🎉 Aw yeaaah, Thinky Direct is back for 2026! Over 40 exclusive trailers for upcoming puzzle and problem-solving games! It's gonna be freakin amazing! 📺 Watch live on Thursday May 28 🕕 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST thinkygames.com/direct2026/
Do you think in 3D? In He Who Watches, you're not confined to the floors - climb walls and ceilings and shift gravity as you manipulate your surroundings. store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/...
🎉 Yes, it's true! Thinky Direct is returning for 2026, with a whole new line-up of exclusive trailers and reveals for the most amazing thinky games. Keep an eye out for more info very soon! Puzzle sicko content creators and journalists, reach out! More info below 👇
I made a small 1-level puzzle game about recursive bubbles! A variation on the mechanics of Patrick's Parabox, COCOON, Recursed, etc. I wanted to explore letting you easily visualize and modify the nested structure of rooms. Hope you enjoy! :) patrickgh3.itch.io/bubble-sort
Our database has over 1000 games! 🎉
The Thinky Games Database now contains over 1000 games, including many new mobile game additions · Thinky Games
Our in-house database of all games thinky is always growing, and thanks to the efforts of our database editor we've recently passed the huge milestone of 1000 titles.
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The latest episode of the Draknek & Friends Official Podcast is out! We chat to Steven Lavelle (@increpare.bsky.social) about how Stephen's Sausage Roll started as an attempt to make a bad game, and making a level editor for Oeuf. Check it out wherever you get podcasts draknek.org/podcast
Today, A Monster's Expedition is on a special daily deal featuring! 🪵🌳 To celebrate Stephen's Sausage Roll's 10th birthday, all three games in the Baba's Sausage Expedition - Puzzle Game Masterpieces are on special offer throughout the week. store.steampowered.com/bundle/16473...
Happy 10th Birthday to Stephen's Sausage Roll! 🎉
10 years of grilling: Stephen's Sausage Roll remains one of the most influential puzzle games ever created · Thinky Games
Happy 10th anniversary to Stephen's Sausage Roll! We asked a handful of developers why it remains a puzzle game masterpiece to this day.
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🎉Tezzel: The Tilemaker’s Tale is now live on Steam!!!!!!! Around 100 puzzles, cozy visuals, and a lot of care put into every level. Check it out below: store.steampowered.com/app/3703730/... #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #puzzlegame #steam
The April 2026 edition of Jeux Vidéo Magazine includes an interview with me, with a very flattering subhead calling me "the pope of puzzles"!
Erwan Higuinen@erwanhiguinen.bsky.social · 4mo agoEt avec Alan Hazelden (@draknek.bsky.social), qui est probablement le plus grand expert en puzzle games de la galaxie et qui, en plus, en crée des géniaux lui-même. (Vous devriez jouer à Spooky Express.)
I've just seen that Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee is on BBC iPlayer. If you haven't seen it yet and you like panel shows, I highly recommend it. It's probably my favourite current panel show.
✨ A Little Perspective is out now! ✨ I put my all into this strange, experimental game, and I'm so excited to finally let you all experience it for yourselves. Head over to the Steam store to buy it now (10% off for the first week). store.steampowered.com/app/3485300/... #indiegame #puzzle
This has been a hard secret to keep: we're publishing the remarkable He Who Watches on Steam! He Who Watches is a unique, first-person puzzle game with a fundamental twist - a casual disregard for gravity! Play the demo and wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/...
I've started playing The Artisan of Glimmith and it's brilliant. Just fantastic logic puzzle design. I have to pull myself away from it because it's incredibly moreish.
Thinky Games@thinkygames.com · 5mo agoThe Artisan of Glimmith is out now! Restore beautiful stained glass artworks on a floating kingdom through various region-based puzzles.
🎉 Season 2 of Thinky Dailies starts now! Join our daily adventure of bite-sized puzzles as our hero learns more about the mysterious Solvers. Catch up on Season 1 any time! thinkygames.com/dail...
Thinky Dailies is now available for everyone to play — no sign-in needed! 🧩 Every day, a new handcrafted puzzle with different rules. 📖 Catch up on the adventure so far before season 2 begins next week! thinkygames.com/dail...
These articles are always incredible! Thank goodness we have Sergiu in the thinky community, haha.
Thinky Games@thinkygames.com · 5mo agoOut of 3500+ demos in Steam Next Fest, we've sifted through more than 700 thinky-ish games and selected the best!
Guess what now has a Steam page: Deductopia THE FULL GAME! If you like supporting indie devs then smash that wishlist button because Steam visibility is everything for us small devs. store.steampowered.com/app/4429720/...
Deductopia on Steam
Explore the scenes, find clues, and sort out people, pets, and belongings in this cozy slice-of-life detective puzzle game. Fans of Duck Detective, Little Problems, and The Case of the Worst Day Ever ...
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My next game will be "20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes". It will be free. Wishlist it today! store.steampowered.com/app/4428890/...
20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes on Steam
A puzzle game with twenty small mazes.
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5 games for today's stream, including my thoughts on Loophole which I finished and loved! Will be a fun one.
Thinky Games@thinkygames.com · 6mo agoWe'll be checking out Loophole, Hamstermind, Upalu Mundi, CiniCross, and Her Trees: Puzzle Dream on stream tomorrow! Join us at 4pm GMT / 8am PST / 11am EST / 5pm CET on Twitch! www.twitch.tv/thinky...
